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RRS Charles Darwin CD3
Cruise summary report
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cruise identifier | CD3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cruise period | 1985-04-28 — 1985-05-14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port of departure | Funchal, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Objectives | Recovery and redeployment of NE Atlantic Autonomous Listening Stations. Recovery of current meters from the western slope of the Porcupine Bank and DB2 surface current mooring. Occupation of CTD stations along N/S NE Atlantic section from 37N to 50N. Test deployment and recovery of BERTHA benthic thermistor chain. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief scientist | W John Gould (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cruise report | (0.21 MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specific | East Azores | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Measurements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 17 Description: 17 deep c.m. with temp.sensors. T only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subsurface temperature measurements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 17 Description: 245 days;recovered since Challenger cr. 6 1984. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of recoveries = 5 Description: ALS,deployed for 230 days on Discovery cr. 151 in 1984. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of recoveries = 1 Description: Near surface current meter mooring deployed on Charles Darwin cr.1/85 for 86 days | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meteorology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Routine standard measurements | Quantity: activity duration in days = 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series/Profiles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 CTD/STD cast | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
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